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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html index 721397312ae..b7263ebf83d 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html @@ -49,16 +49,17 @@ NAME="AEN14" ><B CLASS="COMMAND" >smbmount</B -> mounts a SMB filesystem. It +> mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It is usually invoked as <B CLASS="COMMAND" ->mount.smb</B -> from +>mount.smbfs</B +> by the <B CLASS="COMMAND" >mount(8)</B > command when using the - "-t smb" option. The kernel must support the smbfs filesystem. </P + "-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must + support the smbfs filesystem. </P ><P >Options to <B CLASS="COMMAND" @@ -234,7 +235,9 @@ CLASS="FILENAME" ><DD ><P >sets the debug level. This is useful for - tracking down SMB connection problems. </P + tracking down SMB connection problems. A suggested value to + start with is 4. If set too high there will be a lot of + output, possibly hiding the useful output.</P ></DD ><DT >ip=<arg></DT @@ -358,8 +361,8 @@ CLASS="ENVAR" >The variable <TT CLASS="ENVAR" >PASSWD_FILE</TT -> may contain the pathname of - a file to read the password from. A single line of input is +> may contain the pathname + of a file to read the password from. A single line of input is read and used as the password.</P ></DIV ><DIV @@ -370,8 +373,15 @@ NAME="AEN133" ><H2 >BUGS</H2 ><P ->Not many known smbmount bugs. But one smbfs bug is - important enough to mention here anyway:</P +>Passwords and other options containing , can not be handled. + For passwords an alternative way of passing them is in a credentials + file or in the PASSWD environment.</P +><P +>The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with + leading space.</P +><P +>One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it + is a bit misplaced:</P ><P ></P ><UL @@ -379,8 +389,8 @@ NAME="AEN133" ><P >Mounts sometimes stop working. This is usually caused by smbmount terminating. Since smbfs needs smbmount to - reconnect when the server disconnects, the mount will go - dead. A re-mount normally fixes this. At least 2 ways to + reconnect when the server disconnects, the mount will eventually go + dead. An umount/mount normally fixes this. At least 2 ways to trigger this bug are known.</P ></LI ></UL @@ -393,18 +403,32 @@ NAME="AEN133" ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN140" +NAME="AEN142" ></A ><H2 >SEE ALSO</H2 ><P ->Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the kernel source tree - may contain additional options and information.</P +>Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel + source tree may contain additional options and information.</P +><P +>FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount</P +><P +>For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at + <A +HREF="smbsh.1.html" +TARGET="_top" +><B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbsh(1)</B +></A +> or at other + solutions, such as sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with + a NFS server.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="REFSECT1" ><A -NAME="AEN143" +NAME="AEN149" ></A ><H2 >AUTHOR</H2 |